brickisred
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- 2003 Mazda Protege5
At what mileage did your VICS problem happen? Was your VIN included in the recall?
who is never buying mazda again?
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At what mileage did your VICS problem happen? Was your VIN included in the recall?
Daily driver.
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Hmmm, back to original statement, sounds way early. ABS or not? Not that I think that that would matter too much if any.
Around 120k. The recall is effective on cars built March 2003 or later, my car was built in January. I was told the recall would not be honored, but that I would need to take my car to a dealer and pay anywhere from $250-500 (non-refundable) for them to diagnose it to see if an exception would be made. I chose to invest that money towards parts for the new engine instead.
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Oh snap, just converted a Saab driver to a Mazda3. So, we'll have our 2 Pro5's, my brother in law will soon be in a Mazda 3 hatch, little sister in a Pro5, and my wife's friend(said saab driver) into a Mazda 3 hatch as well. Also 3 of our close friends in Orlando all in Mazda 3's
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I have sport auto daily driver with 80k & no problems so far with brk mstr cyl. Lots of braking in rush hr traffic in afternoons every day too.
its a photoshop brushABS. It is an auto, but like you said, that shouldn't cause master cylinder to go.
On the bright side, it was goodwill warrantied, so I'm happy anyways
brickisred
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Dang, sorry to hear about it. That really sucks. Mine's an 03 but was built in 02, no recall. I figured if it hasn't happened in 72k miles and 5 yrs then it's not going to, but I guess that ain't the case. Hope you get a new engine soon...
(drinks)
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Mine was in recall, they swapped intakes. I had not lost any screws but they were loose tho.
well, yes as the other guy said, i had a 6pack of oil change coupons, i paid $20 each because it was some kind of a special deal at the time, they include oil, oil filter, washer, and drain plug i think. (thats not bad at all for $20)
i used the last coupon, for coupons 3 and 4 they forgot oil or fuct up my car somehow
so ill change my oil on my own but parts is getting rediculous to get in, i ordered stuff from protegegarage but they screwed up my order too, (see other thread http://www.protege5.com/vbb230/showthread.php?t=123705352)
